Clinical Nurse II - PACU - Day Shift

Clinical Nurse - PACU (Day Shift)

Exciting Opportunity at MSK: Join our team as a Clinical Nurse at our M2 PACU unit. We're looking for a dynamic nursing professional eager to showcase compassionate, evidence-based nursing care skills and make a significant impact in our PACU department.

Role Overview:

• Work reciprocally with other members of the perioperative team
• Implement the nursing process for surgical patients requiring intensive monitoring and nursing interventions in an acute and critical 24-hour setting
• Safely recover post-operative patients of varying ages emerging from anesthesia
• Actively participate in multidisciplinary collaboration to provide high-quality, evidence-based, and safe patient care
• Assure completion of required diagnostic and evaluative tests, providing related patient education and post-operative clinical assessments
• Educate patients and families on post-operative care, including medication usage and wound care prior to discharge

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct frequent assessments and titration of vasoactive, cardiac, and sedation infusions; monitor ventilated patients and initiate weaning protocols
• Provide care and maintenance of invasive hemodynamic lines, including central venous and arterial catheters
• Recognize and respond to changes in patient condition with strong clinical judgment in a high-acuity environment

Key Qualifications:

• NYS RN license, BSN
• BLS required; ACLS and PALS preferred
• Minimum of 1.5+ years of related clinical experience in acute care
• Critical care experience and related certification highly preferred

Core Skills:

• Willing to take action and eager to adopt new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and passion
• A skilled decision-maker, with a proven track record of making timely decisions that ensure quality nursing care
• Actively seeks new ways to grow and be challenged through formal and informal development
• Approachable and comfortable with diverse groups of people, fostering a supportive environment
• An effective communicator, able to tailor communication across audiences
• Capable of building strong relationships and delivering patient-centered care

Additional Information:

Location: 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
Schedule: 12-hours shift flexed from 8am to mid-night Monday through Saturday with weekend rotation required. This position requires a 13-shift schedule per month.
Reports to: Nurse Leader